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These are typical Albanian school boys in not exactly typical American clothes. When they first came to the American Red Cross School at Tirana, Albania, these youngsters had never worn anything in their lives but rags. Every one of them had to be "deloused" and given a whole new outfit of clean American clothing. The young gentleman in the center however refused to give up the gorgeous embroidered jacket, the pride of his ancestors, and they all persisted in wearing the traditional fez

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These are typical Albanian school boys in not exactly typical American clothes. When they first came to the American Red Cross School at Tirana, Albania, these youngsters had never worn anything in their lives but rags. Every one of them had to be "deloused" and given a whole new outfit of clean American clothing. The young gentleman in the center however refused to give up the gorgeous embroidered jacket, the pride of his ancestors, and they all persisted in wearing the traditional fez

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Summary

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC, Paris Office.
Group title: Albania. (Children)
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 10

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Date

01/01/1919
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Location

Albania
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html

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